Systems and methods for processing and displaying patient electrocardiograph data

• US 9,081,884 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2014
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Infobionic, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Infobionic, Inc.
• Inventors: Kuppuraj, Ravi, Georgescu, Serban P., Fahey, Michael, Sonin, Juhan, Benoit, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Schaetzle, Kennedy
• Application Number:
  US14/316,068
• Publication Number:
  US 20140330146A1
• Time in Patent Office: 383 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/316 Modalities, i.e. specific diagnostic methods
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/332 Portable devices specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/339 Displays specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/349 Detecting specific parameters of the electrocardiograph cycle
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/363 Detecting tachycardia or bradycardia
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4842 Monitoring progression or stage of a disease
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7246 using correlation, e.g. template matching or determination of similarity
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7264 Classification of physiological signals or data, e.g. using neural networks, statistical classifiers, expert systems or fuzzy systems neural networks per se G06N3/00; expert systems per se G06N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

A method is disclosed for displaying patient ECG data. The method includes receiving ECG data including an ECG waveform; receiving analyzed ECG data including arrhythmic events; generating an indicia of the detected arrhythmic event; and displaying the indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event. A system for displaying patient ECG data is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for displaying representations of a group on a screen of an electronic device, the method comprising:

classifying data into a plurality of groups, wherein the data relates to health of a patient;

generating a first visual representation for one group of the plurality of groups, wherein the first visual representation includes a shape having a periphery;

generating a plurality of second visual representations, each of the plurality of second visual representations corresponding to data relating to a respective member of the one group; and

displaying the first visual representation and the plurality of second visual representations on the screen, wherein the plurality of second visual representations are positioned about the shape and outside of the periphery.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data includes data relating to a heart of the patient.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data includes patient ECG data.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising analyzing the patient ECG data to detect arrhythmic events.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein classifying the data is based on one of a severity and a recency of detected arrhythmic events.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the plurality of groups includes a first group including patients that have experienced an arrhythmic event within a first time period, a second group including patients that have not experienced an arrhythmic event within a second time period, and a third group including patients that have completed a monitoring period.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein each of the plurality of second visualizations includes an indication relating to arrhythmic events experienced by the respective member of the one group.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the indication includes a numeral corresponding to a number of arrhythmic events experienced by the respective member.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating a first visual representation for one group of the plurality of groups is performed for each group of the plurality of groups to generate a plurality of first visual representations, wherein each of the plurality of first visual representations corresponds to a respective group of the plurality of groups.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein each of the plurality of first visual representations includes a unique size, shape, or color.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein each of the plurality of first visual representations is displayed on the screen at a position spaced from another first visual representation.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the first visual representation includes an indication relating to members in the one group.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the indication includes a numeral corresponding to a number of members in the one group.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating and displaying indicia relating to a status of a data collection device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the indicia is configured to change a configuration if the status of the data collection device changes.

16. A system for displaying representations of a group, the system comprising:

a data storage device storing instructions for displaying the representations;

a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method comprising;

classifying data into a plurality of groups, wherein the data relates to health of a patient;

generating a first visual representation for one group of the plurality of groups, wherein the first visual representation includes a shape having a periphery;

generating a plurality of second visual representations, each of the plurality of second visual representations corresponding to data relating to a respective member of the one group; and

a display device configured to display the first visual representation and the plurality of second visual representations such that the plurality of second visual representations are positioned about the shape and outside of the periphery.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the data includes patient ECG data.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising analyzing the patient ECG data to detect arrhythmic events;

and wherein classifying the data into a plurality groups includes sorting the detected arrhythmic events based on one of a severity and a recency.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the plurality of groups includes a first group including patients that have experienced an arrhythmic event within a first time period, a second group including patients that have not experienced an arrhythmic event within a second time period, and a third group including patients that have completed a monitoring period.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein each of the plurality of second visual representations includes a numeral corresponding to a number of arrhythmic events experienced by the respective member.

21. The system of claim 16, wherein generating a first visual representation for one group of the plurality of groups includes generating a plurality of first visual representations, each of the plurality of first visual representations corresponding to a respective group of the plurality of groups, and wherein each of the plurality of first visual representations includes a unique size, shape, or color.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein the first visual representation includes a numeral disposed within the periphery of the shape, the numeral corresponding to a number of members in the one group.

23. The method of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to:

generate and display indicia relating to a status of a data collection device, wherein the indicia is configured to change a configuration if the status of the data collection device changes.

24. A handheld device for displaying representations of a group, the handheld device comprising:

a memory device storing instructions for displaying the representations on the handheld device;

a processor configured to execute instructions for;

generating a plurality of first visual representations corresponding to a plurality of groups based on classification of data, wherein the data relates to health of a patient, and wherein each of the plurality of first visual representations includes a shape having a periphery;

for each of the plurality of first visual representations, generating a plurality of second visual representations, each of the plurality of second visual representations corresponding to data relating to a respective member of a respective group of data; and

a display unit configured to display the first visual representation and the plurality of second visual representations such that the plurality of second visual representations are positioned about the shape and outside of the periphery.

25. The handheld device of claim 24, wherein the data includes patient ECG data, the processor is further configured to analyzing the patient ECG data to detect arrhythmic events, and classification of data includes sorting the detected arrhythmic events based on one of a severity and a recency.

26. The handheld device of claim 25, wherein each of the plurality of first visual representations includes a unique size, shape, or color.

27. The handheld device of claim 25, wherein the plurality of groups includes a first group including patients that have experienced an arrhythmic event within a first time period, a second group including patients that have not experienced an arrhythmic event within a second time period, and a third group including patients that have completed a monitoring period.

28. The handheld device of claim 25, wherein each of the plurality of second visualizations includes a numeral corresponding to a number of arrhythmic events experienced by the respective member.

29. The handheld device of claim 24, wherein each first visual representation includes a numeral disposed within the periphery of the shape, the numeral corresponding to a number of members in the corresponding group.

30. The method of claim 24, wherein the processor is further configured to:

generate and display indicia relating to a status of a data collection device, wherein the indicia is configured to change a configuration if the status if the data collection device changes.